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Haswell 4430

It is a fine gaming processor, but you could go cheaper and get an FX6300 or for 30.00 more get a 4670 non-k and get a 3.4 vs 3.0 clockspeed.

It really depends on your usage (I assume gaming), budget, and what other components you will have.
 
What is the rest of the build like? You might be better off getting a cheaper AMD processor, and putting more money towards your graphics card (or an SSD).
 
Western Digital WD Green 2TB Intellipower HDD
EVGA 500w PSU
Mushkin Silverline 8gb
Gigabyte GA-h81 LGA 1150 mobo
i5 4430 Haswell CPU LGA 1150
Win 8.1
Asus dvd burner(same thing as my AMD build)
I will take my 3gb 7950 out of my AMD and use that and put a 2gb 7750 into my AMD build.

I already have a 6300 AMD build so I wanting to make a budget Intel gamimg pc. I had about $600 and all that puts me at $650.
 
How much more worth it? Budget budget budget here lol

Overstretched by $50. BTW changed the HDD to a Seagate because it's cheaper and better.
 
The 4670 has a base clock speed of 3.4GHz minimum, the 4430 is a slow 3.0GHz. Seeing as you won't be overclocking that is a 400MHz boost straight out the box. The 4570 is 3.2GHz so I'd also pass it.
 
It's a great option for games (especially if you wont OC), one of the cheapest Intel quads right now. Dont forget it was already replaced in most places by the i5-4440 which costs roughly the same but runs @ 3.1GHz (+100MHz). An extra $20 buys you the 3.4GHz i5-4670.
 
circusslaughter said:
Western Digital WD Green 2TB Intellipower HDD
EVGA 500w PSU
Mushkin Silverline 8gb
Gigabyte GA-h81 LGA 1150 mobo
i5 4430 Haswell CPU LGA 1150
Win 8.1
Asus dvd burner(same thing as my AMD build)
I will take my 3gb 7950 out of my AMD and use that and put a 2gb 7750 into my AMD build.
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Am I missing something or are you running everything off of a green hard drive? No SSD? No regular desktop 7200rpm hard drive?
 
doing a new build without a SSD kind of defeats the purpose in my opinion.

If you're doing a budget gaming build I really would consider the i3-4340. It does 3.6ghz out of the box...the below review has a comparison to the FX 6300 as well as the 4670 and for majority of games you're going to get performance on par with the 4670.

http://www.hardcoreware.net/intel-core-i3-4340-review/
 
I would go AMD FX rather than an i3, i5 if you can afford it.
I recently did six budget gaming rigs for a friend, I went with AMD FX6350.
 
escrow4 said:
The 4670 has a base clock speed of 3.4GHz minimum, the 4430 is a slow 3.0GHz. Seeing as you won't be overclocking that is a 400MHz boost straight out the box. The 4570 is 3.2GHz so I'd also pass it.
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By the time the 4430 cant game the 4570 and 4670 will be in the exact same boat, 400mhz is nothing.

The differences worth noting between the 4430 and 4570 is the 4430 lacks VTD and TSX instructions. For a budget gaming build I don't think these matter much.
 
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